| Did you just push a "regular" pin back in to connect the chain, or did you
| or someone else have a special link or pin?
|
| I always carry a chain tool, too -- prolly from my early years mtb-ing
when
| broken chains weren't all that uncommon -- but I wonder about these
| newfangled chains that supposedly /require/ a special pin or link.
|
| Bill "old school...is out" S.
It was a temporary fix, using one of the chain's original pins. Not ideal,
and remained a bit stiff, but got him to the top of the climb.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
"Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me> wrote in message
news:4830ca22$0$12913$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
| Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
| > I've never once had a chain failure, or even an issue, on my own
| > bike. But several times I've come across folk stranded on the road
| > due to a mishap that only a chain tool could fix. Today was one of
| > those days.
| >
| > At the base of Tunitas Creek (Northern California) my son and I came
| > across a group of three or four cyclists at the side of the road, and
| > I asked, as I usually do, if they had what they needed (works much
| > better than asking if they're OK, because rarely, it seems, will guys
| > admit that something's beyond their ability to deal with, but they
| > have no issue admitting that they need something, probably because
| > that implies that it's in the realm of an act of God that has them
| > stranded).
| >
| > Well, this guy had somehow managed to do a number on his rear
| > derailleur and break the replaceable dropout hanger. His bike wasn't
| > going anywhere, as the chain, without a derailleur attached, was
| > going to be dragging on the ground if he were to put it on the
| > smaller chainring so he could get up the grade ahead. That's where
| > the chain tool came in. I was able to shorten his chain enough to get
| > it onto a front/rear combination that would allow him to make it up
| > the hill, which he did.
| >
| > Other times I've help people with failed connector pins (fairly
| > common) and once with a chain that, due to a really nasty shift, had
| > gotten bent severely and had to have a few links removed.
| >
| > It's not a bad thing for somebody in a group to have a chain tool.
| > For what it's worth, the one I use is the Topeak Hexus (used to be
| > called the Hummer).
| >
| > You can see a picture of the "repair" here-
| > http://www.chainreaction.com/images/busted_hanger0139.jpg
| >
| > --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
| > www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
|
|
| Did you just push a "regular" pin back in to connect the chain, or did you
| or someone else have a special link or pin?
|
| I always carry a chain tool, too -- prolly from my early years mtb-ing
when
| broken chains weren't all that uncommon -- but I wonder about these
| newfangled chains that supposedly /require/ a special pin or link.
|
| Bill "old school...is out" S.
|
|